Cleveland, OH -WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and Playhouse Square Foundation are pleased to announce the new KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series, a sequence of discussions focusing on issues important to executives of small non-profit organizations and students of non-profit management. The series is designed to provide individuals and organizations with the tools necessary to successfully execute the missions of not-for-profit organizations and remain financially sound.

KeyCorp worked closely with Playhouse Square Foundation and ideastream to develop the KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series as part of the corporation's $1 million grant to the Idea Center in March 2004. The program helps fulfill the Idea Center's educational goals in accordance with Key's emphasis on encouraging people and communities to achieve economic self-sufficiency through strategic philanthropic investment in financial education and workforce development programs that foster diversity and inclusion.

The first discussion of the KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series focuses on strategic planning and is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15 from 4:30 - 6 pm. Speakers Art J. Falco (president and CEO, Playhouse Square Foundation), Kathryn P. Jensen (COO, ideastream), and Jerrold F. Wareham (president and CEO, ideastream) will discuss the merger of WVIZ and WCPN, the Idea Center project and partnership, how to develop a strategic mission and planning for growth. Future discussions are being planned for March and May 2007 and will feature other community leaders speaking on the topics of capacity building and funding and development.

All KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series programs will be presented in the Idea Center (1375 Euclid Ave.). Complimentary refreshments and parking in the Playhouse Square Center garage are provided. To make reservations to attend the November 15th seminar or for additional information about the event, contact Lorena Muscari (216.771.4444 x. 3258 or muscaril@playhousesquare.org).

The Idea Center is a vibrant center of activity, housing the broadcast operations and education services of WVIZ/PBS and 90.3WCPN ideastream and Playhouse Square Foundation arts education programs. The facility is a model of creative connectivity where digital media (radio, television and the internet) is used to create and distribute content, including news, information, educational services, and arts and cultural programming.

For additional information about KeyBank support for Idea Center, see the related media release: http://www.csrwire.com/PressRelease.php?id=2587.

KeyCorp

Cleveland-based KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $95 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.

ideastream is a multiple-media public service organization with a mission to strengthen our communities by providing distinctive, thought-provoking programs and services that enlighten, inspire, educate and entertain. The organization was formed by the merger of public broadcasting stations WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN in July of 2001. The organization operates public television and radio stations in Cleveland with an audience of some 2.8 million viewers and listeners, an Educational Service group serving schools with nearly one half million students and manages the Ohio Public Television and Radio Statehouse News Bureau and Ohio Government Telecommunications in Columbus.

Playhouse Square Foundation

Playhouse Square Foundation is the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit, which restored and operates Playhouse Square Center, the nation's second largest performing arts center. The Foundation's mission is presenting and producing a wide variety of quality performing arts, advancing arts education and creating a theater district that is a superior location for entertainment, business and housing, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the region.

KeyBank

KeyBank

KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $176.2 billion at March 31, 2021. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,100 branches and more than 1,400 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC. 

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